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Wpływ akcesji Polski do Unii Europejskiej na handel usługami
Influence of Polish accession to the European Union on trade in services

Author(s): Dariusz Mongiało
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Economy, National Economy, Supranational / Global Economy, Business Economy / Management, International relations/trade, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Główny Urząd Statystyczny
Keywords: Poland in EU; Poland's economic integration with the EU; services trade

Summary/Abstract: Obtaining (on the 1st May, 2004) by Poland and nine other countries, the status of a member of the European Union and the subsequent expansion of the group in 2007 resulted in changes in the Polish trade in services. The purpose of this article is to analyze whether and to what extent there has been intensification of Polish exports and imports to the EU services market? The identification of the effects of our country's accession to the EU in the competitiveness of Polish service providers, measured of the export specialization index. In addition, the author examined the scale of incidence between the Polish and other EU Members of the internal branch exchange. On this basis it was stated, how the differences in technology and equipment in the production factors between the Polish and the EU determined the mutual trade in services. This study uses information of the OECD. The service sector was divided into groups according to the Extended Balance of Payments Services classification (EBOPS 2002).

  • Issue Year: 58/2013
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 77-93
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish
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